October 2014

Mixed Teams Championsip

Saturday 11th: Playing like they want to wrap up the Mixed Teams championship before the qualifying rounds end, the team captained by Sjoert Brink stands undefeated after eight matches and a full match ahead of the second-place squad. Brink, of the Netherlands, is playing with Cecilia Rimstedt of Sweden and Russians Alexander Dubinin, Andrey Gromov, Victoria Gromova and Tatiana Ponomareva. The team had only two close matches, winning by an average margin of 19.75 IMPs and averaging 12.43 victory points per round (20-point scale). Today features more Swiss qualifying. Head-to-head play begins on Monday.

These are the first 4 positions at the end of the first day of the qualifying stage: